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  • The City of Edmonton was granted a temporary injunction on Friday to help it deal with noise caused by the vehicles participating in the protests against COVID-19 restrictions. The injunction compels organizers and participants to stop honking their horns, using airhorns, and making other noise within the city — it is in effect until March 4.
  • Council voted 9-4 on Feb. 11 to accept administration's recommendation against introducing a municipal vaccine passport program. City Manager Andre Corbould said such a program would be difficult to enforce, and told council the city's 13 business improvement areas were unified against the idea.
  • Edmonton police are reviewing a video of Const. Elena Golysheva reportedly praising the Truckers for Freedom protests. In the video, the officer allegedly expressed support for the convoy and said that she would not follow some orders.
  • Edmontonians are turning to private companies to remove the windrows in front of their homes. Darren Chambers, a Bobcat operator who does snow removal in the winter, said he is getting 20 requests for windrow removal each week — before, he would see this number per winter.
  • The Mustard Seed is looking for walkers — teams and individuals — for the Coldest Night of the Year fundraiser. This year the event is digital, but it still aims to raise $140,000 for the organization's operations.
  • St. Albert's Dean Anderson rode a distance equal to the height of Mount Everest on his bike to raise money for Edmonton's Food Bank in a challenge known as 'Everesting'. He rode over the same hill around 250 times — for a total distance of around 8,849 metres — non-stop starting on Friday.
  • Mayor Amarjeet Sohi is one of several voices asking for the province to release the data it used to decide on ending some of its COVID-19 safety protocols. Edmonton Public School Board chair Trisha Estabrooks is another. "That, to me, is critical data that needs to be shared publicly," she said.
  • As of Feb. 10, 90% of Albertans aged 12 and older have received one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, while 86.3% of Albertans aged 12 and older have now received two doses. More than 226,400 doses have been administered to children aged five to 11.